In a mail she writes: "So far our Wikipedia has been dominated by men. We have formed a group of lady Wikipedians and started to write using the gentle form. This has led to bitter disputes and several of us have been blocked. What to do?"

Fabienne (m) and her Wikipedia friends

After verifying the linguistic aspects we asked Ziko van Dijk to help us reach a compromise in this battle of the sexes. Ziko researched the Germanic Wikipedias in his 2008 book and considered the lb.wikipedia the best of the small Germanic Wikipedias. Ziko is a respected member of both the German and Dutch chapter. Sadly we were not able to find a compromise.

Given the precedent of the Belarus Wikipedia, it was split on a matter of orthography and given that we could not overcome the differences in the male and female form, we have asked the board of the WMF to allow for the Luxembourgian Wikipedia to be split in two.
Thanks,
GerardM